Improvement in children s carriages



H. L. coNANT a. J. P. HoLMAN. CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

No.1'7Z.,O91. Patented Jan. 11, w76.

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Specication forming part of Letters Patent N o. 172,09 l,

. October 11, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, HENRY L. OoNAN'r and JOSEPH P. HOLMAN, both of Leominster, in the county ot' Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby- Garriages; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciication, and in' which- Figure l represents a top or plan view of so much of a baby-carriage as is necessary to illustrate our present improvement. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the same and Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal vertical central section of the same on line-A B, Fig. l.

To enable those skilled in the art to which our invention belongs to make and use the same, we will proceedjto describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, the part marked A represents the sides ot' the body of the carriage; B, the front cross-piece of the body; C, the back cross-piece, and D the bottom of the body. E represents the sliding seat, provided with a tilting bottom, F, the front of which, when in position, as shown in t'ull lines in the drawings, rests upon two cam-pieces, a, one of which is attached to the inside of each side piece of the body A, as indicated in full and dotted lines in the drawings. The rear part of the side pieces of the body extend up, and are grooved or cut out upon their inner sides down to the line b. (Shown by dotted line, Fig. 2, and full line in Fig. 3.) The side pieces c ofthe seat are grooved or cut out upon their outer sides up to the line cl, (shown by full line, Fig. 2 and dotted line, Fig. 3,) whereby the lower edges-l of The side pieces c rest upon the shoulders 2 of the side pieces of the body, and the shoulders 3 ofthe side pieces c of the seat stand above the edges 4 of the side pieces of the body. The rear end of the bottom F of the seat E is supported by two pivots, 5, projecting from its rear corners, which have bearings in the lower ends of the pieces G,

which are fastened to the insides of the pieces c of the seat E. The lower ends of the pieces G project inward, and are slotted upward, as seen at 6, and as indicated by full and dotdated January 11, 1876; application led ted lines in the drawings, whereby the pivots 5 of bottom F of seat E can be dropped down into their proper positions, thus enabling the bottom of the seat to be connected and disconnected from the sides and back of the seat in a very convenient and expeditious manner. Holes are bored in the sides of the body A for the passage of holding-bolts 7, which pass through slots in the respective sidepieces of the seat. The heads of said bolts (shown in dotted lines, Fig. l) bear against the insides -of the side pieces c, whereby, by means of thumb-nuts 8, seat E can be securely held in the positions shown in full and dotted lilies in the drawings, or in any intermediate position between those named, and which adjustment can be easily and quickly made by simply loosening thumb nuts 8, and then slipping the seat back or forward to the position desired, after which thumb-nuts 8 are tightened up again. The form of the slots in the side pieces c is indicated by dotted lines, Figs. 2 and 3.

We prefer to attach a slotted metal plate of rectangular form to the insides of pieces c c, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 2, against which the heads of holding-bolts 7 are drawn; and we also, in practice, prefer to cover said metal slotted plates, as well as the heads of the bolts 7, with metal or other caps c e, as fully indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, said cap-pieces e being fastened to the side pieces c inany convenient manner.

The operation of our invention is as follows: When the seat is to be used inthe ordinary manner of using baby-carriage seats, it is adjusted to the position shown in full lines, Figs. l and 3, and dotted lines, Fig. 2; but when it is to be used for supporting a child in a reclining position, thumb-nuts 8 are loosened, and the seat- E run or slid back, so as to allow the bottom E to drop down intothe inclined position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and this adjustment can be made without removing the child or its wrappingsfrom either the carriage or the seat, and when it is desired to readjust the seat and the position of the child, that, too, can be effected in the same convenient and expeditious manner.

It will be observed that the back E of the seat E remain'sin the same rigid, upright posi- PATENT OFFICE.

tion at all times; consequently its external ap pearance remains unchanged, in whatever position it may be adjusted as respects the body of the carriage. It will also be observed that by our arrangement a space is left in rear of and below the bottom of'the seat, in which lwrappings and other.articles may be safely carried.

Having described our improvements in baby-carriages, what we claim therein as new and of our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The sliding seat, provided with a rigid back and tilting or hinged bottom, in combination with the carriage-body and xed supports thereon for upholding the said bottom, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the front of the bottom or seat of a baby-carriage, of inclined or cam-like supports, whereby, when a part vof the surfaces in contact are moved forward 

